Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-15
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A rich bed of yellow ochre has bean found
near Platteville, Wis
Real estate sales in Milwaukee, Wis, for
the year ending Oct. l amounted to 81, 2sO,-
300.
The cotton crop of the United States this
year is estimated at q, $50, 600 bales, against
6,505, 900 bales last season.
Harvey Parker, weight l34 pounds, won
wrestling match at Erie Friday night from
John Welsh, weighing 200 pou IDS The
stakes were Sl0h side, under catch-as- catch
can rules.
Sir Charles Upper has just been appointed
one of the British fishery commissioners. 1t
is believed the commission is now completed,
consisting of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Sin
Lionel Sackville- West, and Sir Charles Tup
per
The Dubuque & Sioux City railroad, the
Cedar Falls a. Minneapolis line, and the Iowa
L. Sioux C.ty road, have been surrendered BY
the Illinois Central, and their earnings
will not hereafter be reported by the latter
road
The fl st young girl 10 be cremated in
America was 9-year-od Aleda Weiss leder,
the daughter of the superintendent of the
Erush Electric Light company in Cincinnati.
Her body was burned last we at the
rrematory in that city.
Dr. David r. Kerr, editor of The United
Presbyterian, ami one of the foremost preach
ers OF his church, died at Pittsburg, Pa, FRI
day, aged 20 years. He has held many hon
orable positions in the councils of the denom
nation To which he belonged
Early Friday morning the Baltic cotton
mill at Baltic, Conn, was destroyed by fire
The loss is placed at 81, 25O 0G,. with insur-
ance of SCI 900 The works were operated
by H. Il L. Aldrich & Co, and go hands
are thrown out of employment
DR.. j. H. Hall, one of the principal land
owners of Jacksonville, Fla, offers 100 900
acres of land in that state to the homeless
poor of Ireland, provided they will settle
upon it. The ratio of distribution is to be
twenty-five acres TO each family
The attorney general of Texas has rem
dered a decision against granting a charter
to the Metador Land and Cattle company,
organic ID in Scotland with capital of 81, =
900, OOO, and having for its object the secur-
ing and improving of land in Texas.
The funeral services over the remains of
Minister Manning were held in Trinity
chapel, New York, Friday morning. Among
the pall-hearers were Gems. Sherman and
Beauregari. The body was sent to New Or
leans, where the interment will take place
At meeting of Anarchists in London,
England, Friday night, Prince Krapotkine
said that if the Chicago Anarchists were exc
cuted their comrades would be justified i'll
avenging their death. Stepniak, the author
TpJ y 4,
Brandon, Wis. had a narrow escape from
destruction by fire Friday morning. As
muths grain elevator and mill, the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St Paul eompany's station,
freight house, coal-sheis, water-tank and
windmill, and several cars are in ashes Loss,
$1,000
In regard to the railway horror at Kouts.
Ind, Coroner Letherman has rendered a YER
dict censuring the Chicago & Atlantic COM
pany, and declaring that the train dispatcher
of the road and Engineer Dorsey, of the
freight train We're negligent and careless in
the discharge of their duties.
Otter Belt, one of the greatest of Comanche
chiefs died in Indian territory few DAYS
ago Five minutes before his death they held
him erect and rigge him out in his best war
costum'. They painted him red, set his war
bonnet on his head. tied up his hair in beaver
skins, and laid him down just as he died.
Then his five wives took sharp knives, slashed
their faces with long, deep cuts, cut them
selves in other places, and beat their bleeding
bodies, and pulled their hair They. also
burned everything they had, tepees, furni-
ture and even most of the clothing they had
on. A big crowd of bucks looked on and
killed ten horses, including favorite team
of Fress Arlington, on whose ranch Otter
Belt lived